Dictionary of Biological Psychology
(from Latin, festinare: to hurry) Anything quickened over the normal rate can be described as festination or festinating. Patients with PARKINSON’S DISEASE are described, somewhat paradoxically, as showing festination, or a festinating GAIT. This describes the small shuffling steps they often take, rather than the speed of their actions.
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